2016 – 2017 Marys Peak Group Evening Public Programs · November 3, 2016: New Hikes on the Oregon...
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2016 – 2017 Marys Peak Group Evening Public Programs All programs begin at 7:00 p.m. and are held in the Main Meeting Room of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. Programs are free and open to all. For more information, contact Marcia Shapiro at 541-758-5255 October 6, 2016: Inside: One Woman’s Journey Through the Inside Passage Speaker: Susan Conrad Our speaker’s story is a plucky adventure memoir of the sea and soul told by a woman on a big adventure in a small boat along the coast of western North America. In Spring 2010, with her world scaled down to an 18-foot sea kayak and the 1,200-mile ribbon of water called the Inside Passage, Susan Conrad launched a journey that took her north to Alaska. On the way, she paddled marathon distances for weeks on end, forged friendships with quirky people in the strangest of places, and pretended not to be intimidated by 700-pound grizzly bears and 40-ton whales. Signed copies of Ms. Conrad’s book about her journey will be available for sale at the program. This program is co- sponsored by the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library.
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2016 – 2017 Marys Peak GroupEvening Public Programs
All programs begin at 7:00 p.m. and are held in the Main Meeting Room of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. Programs are free and open to all. For more information, contact Marcia Shapiro at 541-758-5255
October 6, 2016: Inside: One Woman’s Journey Through the Inside PassageSpeaker: Susan Conrad
Our speaker’s story is a plucky adventure memoir of the sea and soul told by a woman on a big adventure in a small boat along the coast of western North America. In Spring 2010, with her world scaled down toan 18-foot sea kayak and the 1,200-mile ribbon of water called the Inside Passage, Susan Conrad launched a journey that took her northto Alaska. On the way, she paddled marathon distances for weeks on end, forged friendships with quirky people in the strangest of places, and pretended not to be intimidated by 700-pound grizzly bears and 40-ton whales. Signed copies of Ms. Conrad’s book about her journeywill be available for sale at the program. This program is co-sponsored by the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library.
November 3, 2016: New Hikes on the Oregon CoastSpeaker: William L. Sullivan
(Photo by Janet Small)
Oregon’s hiking guru takes us on a slide show tour of a dozen new trails he discovered while researching the new fourth edition of his book, “100 Hikes/Travel Guide: Oregon Coast & Coast Range.” Discover a loop hike around Depoe Bay, an abandoned railroad along a river near Tillamook, and a trek to the world’s tallest redwoods just over the border in California. As always, Sullivan spices his talk with notes on the geology, wildlife, and history of the land, and signed copies of his books will be available for sale at the program.
January 12, 2017: Beyond amazing: How deep-sea vents and seeps help shape the ocean and earth as we know itSpeaker: Dr. Andrew Thurber
Since their discoverydecades ago,hydrothermal vents,and their coolercounterparts,methane seeps, havecaptured theimagination andessentially defined"weird" by theanimals that arefound there. Since then we have come to realize that these habitats are more than just oddities; they are important to the overall functioning of the globe. In this program Dr. Thurber will talk about exploring these habitats, why we still explore them, and what we have learned about them.As we have searchedout these habitats inthe depths of theocean, we havecontinued to find thecompletelyunexpected andstrange but alsoadvanced outunderstanding of theearth.
